{"product_id":"18487-glenn-john-a-poetrait-of-col-john-glenn-signed","title":"Glenn, John. (1921–2016) \"A Poetrait of Col. John Glenn\" - SIGNED","description":"An amusing \"Poetrait\" of the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962, and who following his retirement from NASA, served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio. Penned by an admirer and signed by the subject in black ink \"Best regards— John Glenn, Jr.\" The poem is an acrostic (the first letter of each line when read vertically forming the name \"Col John Glenn\") and reads, in full:\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eCome closer to heaven than any other man,\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eOrbited outer space and changed Russia's plan.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eLighted the pathway- proof will come soon,\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eJust a few more months- he'll reach the moon.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eOf all the air minded and their distant thought,\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eHe was borned [sic.] to be America's great astronaut.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eNever will there be- never has there been-\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eGod holds this secret in Colonel John Glenn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eLuxurized [sic.] our scope of outer space knowledge,\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eEveryone knows he's professor of this college.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eNever has one lived with such spiritual vim-\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cfont size=\"1\"\u003eNow, feel it your duty to pray a prayer for him.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn fine condition, 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 27.9 cm.).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093684310175,"sku":"18487","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Glenn_John_Poetrait_Signed_18487.jpg?v=1722189675","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18487-glenn-john-a-poetrait-of-col-john-glenn-signed","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}